What song would you like played at your funeral?

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The Importance Of Being Idle by Oasis. I’m in the video, which is basically my own funeral, so it’d be nice and macabre.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗

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Timmy Mallett Broadcaster and painter
At my late brother Martin’s funeral we played He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by the Hollies. Martin lived a life that inspired me with the way he approached his learning difficulties and the love he showed us all with his Down’s syndrome. I often think that extra chromosome of Down’s syndrome is a chromosome of love, and you can’t have too much love in the world, can you?
Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 1 January 2024 source ↗
John Waters American filmmaker
Don't Play Me Cheap, sung by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗
Joan Bakewell English journalist, television presenter and politician
A hymn called The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2013 source ↗

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